How Agentic AI Is Changing Work and Science

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Agents Unleashed Podcast — your signal in the noise of agentic AI. Hosted by Thomas Maybrier (Digital Media Producer, Valory), this episode explores major developments from the leaders and projects shaping AI's future. In This Episode:Sam Altman (OpenAI) on the future of AI as a strategic business problem-solverDario Amodei (Anthropic) predicts up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could vanish in 10 yearsByteDance’s Bagel: a powerful new open-source multimodal modelZochi: the world’s first AI-generated scientific paper to be accepted by a top academic conferencePlus quick hits on Meta, the FDA’s generative AI tool, Builder.ai’s collapse, Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero, and moreResources & Links:Sam Altman at Snowflake Summit 2025: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-betting-ai-agent-could-soon-become-your-coworker-2025-6Dario Amodei on Future of Work: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropicByteDance’s BAGEL Multimodal Model: https://seed.bytedance.com/bagelZochi's AI-Generated Research Paper: https://www.intology.ai/blog/zochi-aclBuilder.ai Collapse: https://www.ft.com/content/67f0277a-10fd-463c-8946-af0be2b4028fFDA’s Generative AI Tool ‘Elsa’: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-launches-agency-wide-ai-tool-optimize-performance-american-peopleMeta’s AI-Driven Ad Strategy: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/meta-aims-fully-automate-advertising-with-ai-by-2026-wsj-reports-2025-06-02/Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero: https://lawzero.org/enSecureMinions from Ollama: https://ollama.com/blog/secureminionsRun an AI agent that you own: https://olas.network/operate🎟️ Don't Miss The Next Live Event! Agents Unleashed is also a global event series on agentic AI — the next event is June 30th in Cannes, France. RSVP now at https://lu.ma/tp6rhykzSponsored by Olas — the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Learn more at https://www.olas.network🎵 Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/💬 Like, subscribe, and leave a comment! Follow Thomas on X: @ThomasMaybrier